Exploration
M&A
Freeport says Plains offer is 'best and final'
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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold said on Thursday it does not plan to raise its offer for Plains Exploration & Production, calling the terms of the friendly deal "best and final."
The comments follow news that proxy advisory firms Glass Lewis & Co...
By: Reuters
9th May 2013
URANIUM
Calypso Uranium shareholders agree to friendly U3O8 Corp acquisition
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Canadian-based uranium project developer U3O8 Corp on Thursday received the shareholder approval from junior Calypso Uranium to proceed with its friendly all-script takeover of the company.
Despite the transaction still being subject to final...
By: Henry Lazenby
9th May 2013
OIL
Petronas bolsters Brazil's Batista with $850m oil-field buy
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Malaysian state oil company Petronas agreed to pay $850-million for a stake in two Brazilian offshore oil blocks, bolstering billionaire Eike Batista who is selling assets to keep his energy, mining, port and shipbuilding empire afloat.
Petronas,...
By: Reuters
9th May 2013
PROJECT DEVOLUTION
Barrick, Antofagasta give up hope on Pakistan mine
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Canada's Barrick Gold and Chile's Antofagasta have given up hope of mining Reko Diq, a disputed but promising copper and gold project in Pakistan's poorest region of Baluchistan, and will demand compensation instead.
Reko Diq was meant to be the...
By: Reuters
9th May 2013
COPPER
Equinox Copper secures fiscal stream with small-scale mining
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With the junior mining sector still stuck in the economic doldrums, companies using alternative funding models, or using existing financing routes with bolt-on revenue streams, deserve close attention. One such company is junior miner Equinox...
By: Simon Rees
7th May 2013
MINING ROYALTIES
AEMQ disappointed over Quebec changing mining royalty policy
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The Quebec Mining Exploration Association (AEMQ) on Tuesday expressed disappointment over measures taken by the Quebec government to change the mining royalty policy.
The AEMQ said it believed the Quebec government was not ready to seriously...
By: Henry Lazenby
7th May 2013
NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT
Quebec announces plans for northern development, assigns $868m
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Quebec Premier Pauline Marois and provincial Natural Resources Minister Martine Ouellet, on Tuesday outlined the province’s incumbent political party, Parti Québécois’ economic vision for developing the vast north, committing $868-million...
By: Henry Lazenby
7th May 2013
PREFEASIBILITY STUDY
Belo Sun announces PFS for flagship Brazilian project
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Brazil-focused exploration company Belo Sun this week announced results of a prefeasibility study (PFS) for its flagship Volta Grande project in central Brazil.
The study placed a potential after-tax net present value of $474.2-million on the...
By: Henry Lazenby
7th May 2013
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